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Ocean's Twelve

Ocean's Twelve (2004)

December. 10,2004
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6.5
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PG-13
| Thriller Crime

Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.

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elizabethdawson-78805
2004/12/10

Ocean's 12 continue the original's style and is a good breezy movie though perhaps a bit lesser in quality than the original. All the cast are back and this time the gang has been located by Garcia and they must return everything they had stolen and then some. The gang seeks to steal something even larger than the Casino gold from the previous film and choose a diamond in Europe. This film also has some cameos and other quips which you may or may not appreciate. Soderbergh is in nice form again and Ocean's 12 is a nice continuation of the Ocean's gang.

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Filipe Neto
2004/12/11

This film is a sequel to "Ocean's Eleven" and reports how the group of thieves from the first film was forced to regroup and commit an assault on Europe. A predictable sequel, given the box office hit. The first movie was light and funny, but this sequel is only light and boring. The clever jokes that I have observed before have never happened here, and the attempts to make it were so meager and thin that I cannot even say I found it funny. The script is another problem: the story lacks logic and coherence as if it were a collection of film parts without direct relation to each other. Steven Soderbergh assured the direction and, apparently, the accident as well. After all, he tried to hold the movie's steering wheel, but he had no strength to hold it. Natural consequence: A good part of the film is a disaster. The film has a lot of the cast of "Ocean's Eleven", which is to say that its filled with stars like George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Carl Reiner, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia and Julia Roberts. But the overwhelming majority got lost in the middle of the script's confusion and probably regretted having entered the film (if they take their careers seriously, of course). Julia Roberts, who had already gone bad in the first film, was totally devastated here, and the same can be said of Bruce Willis in one of the worst performances of his long film career. Catherine Zeta Jones was not too bad but this movie didn't give her room to shine. Everything else has no relevance: the scenarios have gone unnoticed, the soundtrack has no quality etc. Everything has been relegated to the background and the public virtually notices any positive point. Far from having the interest of the first film, this sequel was run only to get box-office money.

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Leofwine_draca
2004/12/12

If you're looking for a light-hearted caper movie, then OCEAN'S TWELVE is nothing more – and nothing less – than that. As with the previous instalment in the series, director Steven Soderbergh goes out of the way to make this feel like a '60s movie, with a breezy tone, brisk dialogue, and sweep-along editing that carries the viewer along for some definitely light entertainment. But hey, we don't always want to watch heavy, gruelling drama, so I don't have a problem with these intentions at all.In retrospect, it was pretty easy to get this film right. It had the chance to throw off the 'remake' tag, so could follow pretty much whatever plot it wanted. All the cast came back from the original, so the camaraderie was already there from the beginning. Soderbergh's idea is to up the stakes, up the money and make things even more twisty-turny than before, and he ably succeeds at that. This film is so chock-full of crosses, double crosses, triple crosses, and surprises that half the time is spent just keeping up with what's going on. Luckily, the cast are more than watchable, although with a huge ensemble like this, it's fair to say nobody is required to 'act' very much. Matt Damon probably gives the most earnest turn, but Clooney and Pitt are just here to trade on their charm and status, and supports like Garcia and Gould barely register. Catherine Zeta Jones plays a large part and achieves some old 'movie star' charm although I never warmed to her ice-cold character. One surprise is a nice turn from Vincent Cassel, an actor I always enjoy seeing on film, and no exception here.Of course, the film isn't perfect. It takes a rather long time to get to the 'meat' of the plot and the opening introductions are long-winded and unnecessary, also rather repetitive. The film can also be accused of being self-indulgent, especially in the part where Julia Roberts's character ends up pretending to be…Julia Roberts. Still, I could forgive this part thanks to the fun Bruce Willis cameo, and it all comes together for the "pull the rug out from under you" ending.

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Floated2
2004/12/13

Ocean's Twelve is the sequel to the hit film Ocean's Eleven released in 2001. Starting into the film, it takes place where the crew flies to Europe in an attempt to pull off quick heists in order to pay off Benedict. There, they find out they are up against a mysterious character who is thwarting their plans for some unknown reason. They have to find this person and stop him before Benedict's deadline. They are also being pursued by a clever detective, Isabel Lahiri (Catherine Zeta-Jones), who is close to arresting them. I was willing to put up with this unbelievable nonsense for a time, but my breaking point came when the film actually has Julia Roberts portraying Tess Ocean, who, in turn is portraying Julia Roberts as part of a plot to get close to a guarded treasure in a museum. I don't think this could ever work, but in order for it to have a chance, wouldn't Julia Roberts have to at least establish the character of Tess Ocean first? It ruined the film as a whole and became quite over the top and silly at this point.One of the things you need in order to have a successful heist movie is a good heist, or a good confidence scheme. Here, the big heist at the end of the movie turns out to be an afterthought. It is a throwaway heist shown as a flashback. The acting is casual, at best. The big problem is screen time. There is only enough of it for Clooney, Pitt and Matt Damon. Most of the others in the all-star cast, like Bernie Mac, Don Cheadle, Elliott Gould, Carl Reiner, Andy Garcia and Roberts, have very limited roles.

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